The clock is ticking for investors who want to take advantage of the more generous tax concessions available in super this financial year. As of July 1, new rules come into effect that will reduce contribution limits.

If 2016 taught us anything, it was to expect the unexpected. Britain's vote to exit the European Union and Donald Trump's election as the next US President surprised the pundits and markets alike. Markets generally hate surprises, yet in the closi...

To say that Donald Trump's election as President of the United States took the world by surprise is an understatement. Markets hate surprises and uncertainty, so a short-term period of volatility is to be expected. But as investors begin to digest...

Just when those saving for retirement thought the rules couldn't get any more complex, the Turnbull Government has revised some of the key elements of the controversial superannuation reforms it announced in the May 2016 Federal Budget.

Global ratings agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's have effectively put the new Turnbull government on notice to reduce the nation's budget deficit or risk a downgrade in Australia's credit rating. Sounds serious, but what does it actually ...

"Resilient" is perhaps the best way to sum up Australia's economic performance over the past 12 months. That was the word used by Standard and Poor's director of sovereign ratings, Craig Michael's, when confirming Australia's AAA credit rating in ...

The New Year's festivities were barely over, signing off on a difficult year for investors, when the fireworks started all over again on global markets. In the first two weeks of 2016 Australian and US shares recorded their worst start to the year...

December is here and as the
temperature rises the countdown to the Christmas break begins. But it appears at
least one Australian is determined to ‘chill’. When Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens was
asked rece...

In the space of a generation China has gone from economic backwater to global heavy weight. But as its stellar growth begins to slow, the Chinese government has been trying to finesse the transition from a construction-based economy to one ba...

After Criticism that his budget was too tough and unfair, Treasurer Joe Hockey has used his second budget to restore the confidence of ordinary Australians and shift the focus to jobs, growth and opportunity.

If ever there was a year that proved the benefits of diversification, 2014 was it. Despite all the noise and tumult on global markets, on balance last year was good to local investors. Overseas shares, global bonds and Australian residential ...